Low temperature stopped-flow studies in inorganic chemistryBased on the presentation given at Dalton Discussion No. 4, 10–13th January 2002, Kloster Banz, Germany.

Low temperature stopped-flow methods together with diode array instrumentation have become extremely useful for studying reactions that are too fast at ambient temperatures and/or for detecting reactive intermediates that can only be observed at low temperatures. Furthermore, global analysis fitting methods are described that allow the analysis of complex reaction mechanisms. To illustrate the method the reaction of dioxygen with the tripodal copper(I) complex [Cu(Me2-uns-penp)(CH3CN)]ClO4 (Me2-uns-penp = (2-dimethylaminoethyl)bis(2-pyridylmethyl)amine) is discussed as an example.